Buggy-top support.



W. O. PUTMAN.

BUGGY TOP SUPPORT.

APPLICATION nun mm 12,1908.

Patented June 29, 1909.

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MAN, OF SAGINAW, TEXAS.

'rY-TOP SUPPORT.

tion of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

une 12, 1908. Serial No. 438,201.

MAN, 1g at .te of useorts; be a .e ined in s and v the tures 1 deut in atmg 111011, ional f the Med. oved ed to and tops range iown y ed at ed at llient es of .ched the l upper rear portions of the ends of the seat 10, while the longer sides 15 are each formed with a lateral offset 16 and with upwardly directed spaced guards or cars 17-1S, the offset bringing the free end of the longer side into the path of the rear bow of the top so that when folded the rear top bow will bear upon the offset portion 16 and between the ears.

The member 1-{L15 thus yieldably supports the top when folded, and protects the top from injury, jars, or jolts produced by running over rough roads or over obstructions.

The cars 171S prevent lateral displacement of the bows no matter how roughly the vehicle may be handled.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured and applied to vehicle tops of various forms without material structural changes, and effectually prevents jars and concus sions incident to the movement of the vehicle from being communicated to the vehicle top.

What is claimed, is

As a new article of manufacture, a member formed from a single piece of resilient material and comprising an intermediate longitudinal portion having a lateral oll'set at one end provided with upwardly directed spaced guards and bent into U-shape at the other end, the U-shaped portion terminating in a flat extremity provided with screw receiving apertures and adapted to be attached to the top edge of the seat side of a vehicle and the offset portion adapted to bear beneath the adjacent bow of the vehicle top with the guards at opposite sides of said bow.

In testimony whereof, I allix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

W ILLIAM C. PUTMA N. \Vitnesses:

N. B. Moonn, ELLENOR Rose.

WILLIAM G. PUI

BUGG

No. 926,604. Specifica' Application filed J To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TNILLIMI C. Pur a citizen of the United States, residir Saginaw, in the county of T arrant, Sta Texas, have invented certain new and ful Improvements in Buggy-Top Sup and I do hereby declare the following tc full, clear, and exact description of th vention, such as will enable others skill the art to which it appertains to make use the same.

This invention relates to vehicles in folding tops, and has for its object to pr a simply constructed attachment for j ably supporting the top, and preventin jury thereto from the jolts and jars inc to the use of the vehicle upon rough roa The improved device may be applir buggies, carriages, automobiles, or any vehicles having a folding top, but fol purpose of illustration is shown applied conventional form of vehicle seat.

With these and other objects in vier invention consists in certain novel fea of construction as hereafter shown an scribed, and then specifically pointed o the claim, and in the drawings illustn the preferred embodiment of the inven Figure 1 is an end view of a convent form of vehicle seat and a portion ol folding top, with the improvement ap Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the impr attachment enlarged.

The improved device may be attacln any of the various forms of vehicle seats adapted to the various forms of folding in use without material structural ch and for the purpose of illustration is sl attached to a conventional form of b seat and folding top, the seat represent 10, and the bows of the top at 11, unitr 12, to the rail 13, of the usual form.

The improved device consists of a resi member formed in U shape with the sid unequal length, the shorter side 14, atta by screws or other fastening means tt 

